Misini: Decision on the 13th salary discriminatory and unproductive

Economics professor Shkumbin Misini stated that the 13th salary for public sector employees does not reduce living costs throughout the year and is not productive.

As Misini told Kosovo Online, the decision of the Government of Kosovo to exclude the private sector from this measure is discriminatory, while the 13th salary does not solve employees’ financial problems over the course of the entire year, but only in the short term.

“The 13th salary is discriminatory toward the private sector and does not bring productivity. Of the total number of employees in Kosovo, nearly 80 percent are employed in the private sector. It would have been better if the government had provided health insurance for employees in both sectors. The 13th salary is necessary, but it does not reduce living costs throughout the year, only for one month,” Misini said.
According to him, the decision on the 13th salary would have been better if it had been proportional.